Principal Research Software Engineer

Miguel Vieira has worked in the digital humanities domain since 2006, when he took responsibility for the re-design of the XML development strategy at the then Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London, though before that he was already developing software for libraries and archives.
He has expertise in designing, developing, and deploying web based projects, analysing and modelling humanities and unstructured data, natural language processing, machine learning, and systems administration.
He holds a degree in Engineering and Computer Sciences from the Universidade de Coimbra, and a BSc in Informatics and Systems Engineering from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal.
Projects
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STEP-UP: a Strategic TEchnical Platform for University technical Professionals
King's Digital Lab, e-Research, King's College, London, Imperial College London, University College London
2024–2027
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CROSSREADS: Text, materiality, and multiculturalism at the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranea
Oxford University
2020–2026
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AGE-C: Ageing and Gender in European Cinema
Film Studies, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Università degli Studi di Udine, King's College, London, Goethe-Universität, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
2025
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Building a Network for Research Software Engineers
e-Research, Humboldt Universität Berlin, King's College, London
2025
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Georgian Papers Programme
Royal Household
2018–2025
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King's Past
History, King's College, London
2023–2025
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iREAL: Inclusive Requirements Elicitation for AI in Libraries to support respectful management of Indigenous knowledges iREAL
King's Digital Lab, University of Technology Sydney, University of Glasgow, King's College, London, Digital Preservation Coalition
2024
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Living with Machines
Digital Humanities, Alan Turing Institute, King's College, London, British Library, Queen Mary University
2023–2024
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Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture between Britain, France and Italy Radical Translations
Languages, Literatures and Cultures, King's College, London
2019–2024
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Farm-level Interdisciplinary Approaches to Endemic Livestock Disease FIELD
History, King's College, London, University of Lincoln
2018–2023
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Ego Media: Life Writing and Online Affordances EgoMedia
FAH Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2018–2023
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Digital Humanities Laboratory: Studying the Entanglement of Infrastructure and Technology in Knowledge Production
King's Digital Lab, Digital Humanities, King's College, London
2020–2023
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African Rock Art
The British Museum, Trust for African Rock Art
2018–2023
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REF 2021 impact data analysis
KCL Research Management & Innovation Directorate, King's Digital Lab
2022
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Digital Methods for Investigating Online Engagement with Coronavirus Digital Cultures of #covid19
2020–2022
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Shakespeare Holdings in the Royal Collection SHARC
English, King's College, London, Birkbeck
2018–2022
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Language Acts and Worldmaking OWRI
Languages, Literatures and Cultures, King's College, London
2016–2021
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Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition
English, Birkbeck, University of Leeds, King's College, London
2017–2021
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Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan MaDiH (مديح)
King's Digital Lab, Council for British Research in the Levant, Jordan Open Source Association, University of Oxford, Hashemite University
2019–2021
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Archetype
FAH Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2017–2021
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The Values of French Language and Literature in the European Middle Ages TVOF
Languages, Literatures and Cultures, King's College, London
2015–2021
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The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain
History, King's College, London, University of Edinburgh
2013–2020
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Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica IRCYR
Classics, King's College, London
2020
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État Civil: French expatriates in Ottoman Egypt
FAH Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2019–2020
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Taming the Complexity of the Law TCL
Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences, The Dickson Poon School of Law, Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, King's Digital Lab
2018
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A Publishing and Communication History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45 MOI
Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London, King's College, London
2013–2017
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Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic DPRR
Classics, King's College, London
2013–2017
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Ancient Inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea IOSPE
Classics, King's College, London
2011–2017
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Prosopography of the Byzantine World PBW
Classics, King's College, London
2000–2016
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Shakespeare400 SHAK400
FAH Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2016
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German Screen Studies Network GSSN
FAH Department of Film Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2016
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Mapping the Medieval Countryside: The Fifteenth-Century Inquisitions Post Mortem IPM
Digital Humanities, University of Winchester, King's College, London
2011–2014
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Henry III Fine Rolls
History, Digital Humanities, King's College, London
2008–2011
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The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music CHARM
Music, Royal Holloway University London, King's College, London
2004–2009
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Language of Landscape Langscape
History, King's College, London
2004–2008
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Profile of a Doomed Elite: The Structure of English Landed Society in 1066/Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England PDE/PASE
University of Cambridge, FAH Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, FAH Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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Narrative Atoms and Open Scholarship Experiences Nanotoms
FAH Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2018
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Data Portal Explorer
FAH Department of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2018